Encyclopedia/Dictionary for linux

[Corey Burger]

On 7/14/05, Conrad Newton <conrad.newton at broadpark.no> wrote:
> >From Steve Torrefranca on Thursday, 2005-07-14 at 11:12:49 +0800:
> > hello everyone,
> >
> > I have been trying out the softwares that were listed in both edubutu
> > and Skolelinux site and am really excited to see how my little girl
> > thinks about linux when i go back home next month.  everything has been
> > great... snofrix too was nice which sky rocketed my expectations of
> > edubuntu-desktop.
> >
> > except for one important thing - encyclopedia and dictionary.  i have
> > looked around the ubuntu packaged but none on encyclopedia.
> 
> At the LinuxTag in Germany, this was a Frequently Asked Question:
> i.e. is it possible to
> 
> apt-get install wikipedia ???
> 
> The answer currently is no.  According to what I understand,
> the images in wikipedia are included based on the principle
> of fair use, but this is not sufficient to permit redistribution,
> which is a necessary prerequisite for inclusion in Debian/Ubuntu.
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyright_FAQ
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Fair_use
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Image_description_page
> 
> It would of course be interesting to go into this question
> in more detail, and discover if at least a subset of wikipedia
> could be included in the framework of free software/free content.
> 

Absolutely.

What we need to package is the WikiMedia commons, which are freely
licensed images (though some are DFSG-nonfree, being GFDL and CC by-sa
2.0). Images on the Commons cannot be fair use.

There is a strong drive on the various WikiMedia projects to put all
free images on the commons, as then all projects can access it.

Corey